germ layer in English

noun
1
each of the three layers of cells (ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm) that are formed in the early embryo.
This process, called induction, culminates in the formation of a thickening in the ectoderm germ layer known as the neural plate.

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1. The outer germ layer, the ectoderm, is controlled by the cerebral cortex.

2. The Archenteron is lined by endoderm, the germ layer that will ultimately form the digestive tract

3. It is when the rice is further milled , removing the bran and germ layer , that we end up with a whiter rice .

4. The deviations of the mesioblastic germ layer affecting angioblastic, lymphoblastic and osteoblastic structures, may give rise to malformations either alone or in an unlimited diversity of associations.

5. Gastrula definition, a metazoan embryo in an early state of germ layer formation following the Blastula stage, consisting of a cuplike body of two layers of cells, the ectoderm and endoderm, enclosing a central cavity, or archenteron, that opens to the outside by the blastopore: in most animals progressing to the formation of a third cell layer, the mesoderm.

6. Gastrula definition, a metazoan embryo in an early state of germ layer formation following the blastula stage, consisting of a cuplike body of two layers of cells, the ectoderm and endoderm, enclosing a central cavity, or archenteron, that opens to the outside by the Blastopore: in most animals progressing to the formation of a third cell layer, the mesoderm.